WILLIAM D. QUARLES, JR., Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, since March 24, 2003.
Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland, 1982-86. Deputy coordinator and coordinator, Presidential Task Force on Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement, 1984-85. Member, Law Revision Commission, District of Columbia, 1989-91. Member, Governor's Commission on Service, 1994-95; Governor's Commission on Service and Volunteerism, 1998-2001. Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, November 18, 1996 to March 24, 2003. Member, Technology Oversight Board, 1999-2003. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, January 16, 1948. Attended Baltimore City College; University of Maryland, Baltimore, B.S., 1976; Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America, J.D., 1979. Law clerk to Judge Joseph C. Howard, U.S. District Court, 1979-81. Admitted to District of Columbia Bar, 1979; Maryland Bar, 1991. Member, American, National, Maryland State, Baltimore City, Baltimore County and Monumental City Bar Associations. Attorney, Venable, Baetjer and Howard (associate, 1986-87; equity partner, 1988-96). Board member, Loyola-Notre Dame Library Corporation, 1994-95. Past member, Executive Council of Parents, Loyola College. Instructor, U.S. Attorney General's Advocacy Institute, 1984-85; Maryland Institute for Continuing Education of Lawyers, 1985-. Co-author, Summary Adjudication: Dispositive Motions and Summary Trials (1991). U.S. Attorney General's Special Achievement Award, 1984.
Office: (410) 962-0946; e-mail: judge_william_quarles@mdd.uscourts.gov.
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